"Get Real About Getting Married..."
"Despite the conventional wisdom, being married boosts happiness only one-tenth of a point on an 11 point scale, and most people are no more satisfied with life after marriage than they were before, says Richard Lucas, Ph.D., a psychologist at Michigan State University in East Lansing, who analyzed 15 years' worth of data on 24,000 people. Although happiness rises after exchanging vows, most people return to their pre-marriage level within two years. (The same is true for people who win the lottery.) ""People need to have realistic expectations,"" Lucas says. But if your marriage doesn't bring everlasting happiness, he adds, ""it does not mean it's not a good one.""
- Carole Potera
Pretty Interesting, huh? :)
"Despite the conventional wisdom, being married boosts happiness only one-tenth of a point on an 11 point scale, and most people are no more satisfied with life after marriage than they were before, says Richard Lucas, Ph.D., a psychologist at Michigan State University in East Lansing, who analyzed 15 years' worth of data on 24,000 people. Although happiness rises after exchanging vows, most people return to their pre-marriage level within two years. (The same is true for people who win the lottery.) ""People need to have realistic expectations,"" Lucas says. But if your marriage doesn't bring everlasting happiness, he adds, ""it does not mean it's not a good one.""
- Carole Potera
Pretty Interesting, huh? :)
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